lightning never strikes twice in the same place

The same accident does not happen twice; the same person does not have the same luck again. — A proverb.

Billy won a pony in the contest last year, but lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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place

[place] See: [HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE], [HIGH PLACE], [IN PLACE], [INSTEAD OF] or [IN PLACE OF], [IN THE FIRST PLACE], [JUMPING-OFF PLACE], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

same

[same] See: [AT THE SAME TIME], [ALL THE SAME] or [JUST THE SAME], [IN THE SAME BREATH], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE], [ONE AND THE SAME]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

never

[never] See: [BETTER LATE THAN NEVER], [IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

strike

[strike] See: [CALLED STRIKE], [HAVE TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE], [TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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